Vase with Tiger Skin Glaze Pattern

1662-1722 (Qing dynasty; reign of the Kangxi emperor (1662–1722))

10 cm 23 cm

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The glazing pattern covering this vase reinterprets the Tang dynasty (619–907) “three color” (sancai) glaze that decorated ceramic objects and figurines of the time (see the camel and horse in the case behind you). Evoking the stripes of a tiger, the pattern is aptly named “ti...

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Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876; William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1876, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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